When at the Seashore, One Obviously Eats Seafood!

The Fortune-Bringing Merchant Ship slowly docked amidst the hustle and bustle of the pier.

After Shisui did not linger but walked directly towards the city gate.

"I won't stay in Mao City for long," Shisui recalled his conversation with Bo Xiwan before disembarking.

"Mao City is, after all, the stronghold of the academic clique; if I stay here too long, I'll alert them."

"The ship will head straight to the Ringwater Continent after unloading the cargo, and I'll go back to my family home to make preparations."

"You need to process the target as quickly as possible."

Shisui snapped out of his reverie and walked to the city gate.

"Everyone, line up! Show your ID and entry permit beforehand!"

The guards at the city gate shouted into the loudspeaker, and the sound carried for miles.

Shisui was surrounded by people of various ethnicities preparing to enter the city, their mixed smells filling the air.

Fortunately, he wasn't hungry at the moment, and he wasn't so hungry as to crave any weak or inferior food.

With a nimble and agile movement, he easily circled around to the front of the crowded flow of people.

"Next!"

Shisui's stepping motion veered slightly to the left, blocking a man behind him who was trying to squeeze forward, and he handed over his identification and entry permit.

"Name."

Yue Jian.

"Reason for entering the city."

"Go to Shengtian Public School."

The guard at the gate paused, looked up at him, and then spoke in a much more relaxed tone.

"Okay, you can go now."

Shisui took his documents and then swaggered into Mao City.

He wasn't in a hurry to go to Shengtian Public School right now.

It was already close to evening, and it was unrealistic to cross this long and narrow city from the east to Academy Island in the west.

Not only because the journey is quite long, but also because getting to Academy Island requires passing through another checkpoint.

That checkpoint is only open during the day, and is closed at night.

It's too late to enter the island at this point.

Why not walk a bit, then find a place to rest near the west side of the city, and continue tomorrow?

Having made up his mind, Shisui headed west of the city.

"Ring ring... Ring ring..."

"Here it is! Who is it?"

At night, the doorbell rang at a villa with simple yet exquisite decor.

The young male homeowner yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and slipped on his slippers as he went downstairs.

Instead of opening the door directly, he first pressed a button on a small screen next to the door.

That's the screen connected to the Recording Device that's placed high up outside.

At this moment, figures dressed in black appeared outside the house on the screen.

He stood in the moonlight, with faint metal shavings floating around him.

"Um?"

Not a late-night food delivery driver?

As the man was slightly taken aback, the figure on the screen suddenly raised its head.

He was caught off guard and his eyes met those of a figure.

My drowsy mind was instantly jolted awake, and a chill ran down my spine to my head.

He shuddered outside the screen, and then he saw the guy on the screen suddenly curl up into a strange smile.

It's like saying to him, "I've found you."

Before the terrified man could react, the door was smoothly sliced open by a single strike.

The sharp slashing didn't stop after cutting open the door; instead, it went straight for the villa's owner.

The villa owner didn't even have time to be shocked or astonished; he instinctively activated his Psychic Energy and barely managed to block the aftershocks of the door being cut open.

Before he could catch his breath, another strike came right after him!

"Clang! Click!"

His arm only managed to block for a moment before the bones were severed.

Before the terrified and painful scream could even escape his lips, the massive Bikaku instantly wrapped around the villa's owner.

"Click... click--"

The delicate, crisp cracking sounds rose and fell as the Bikaku coiled and tightened.

Shisui dragged the freshly caught seafood into the villa's large kitchen.

He only glanced at it, but he knew that the kitchen must be used frequently.

The kitchen is fully equipped with oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and all kinds of pots, pans, and kitchen utensils.

Seeing these things, Shisui's good mood rose to another level.

Wow, I really know how to pick things!

I picked one that had a nice ambiance nearby and smelled most like seafood—a really good choice!

As for why I chose the ones that smelled like seafood?

Since we're at the beach, we should definitely eat some seafood to fit the occasion!

Remembering that he seemed to have several bags of spirit rice surrounded by Psychic Energy in his Spatial Ring, Shisui a flash of inspiration.

Let's have seafood claypot rice for dinner tonight!

So, Shisui carried the seafood he had just caught into the kitchen.

He took some spirit rice and a clay pot from the ring and placed them there.

He first broke off the head of the unconscious seafood, and then removed its internal organs, which were difficult to control during cooking.

Then he cut the ingredients into pieces and put them in the sink to clean them.

Meanwhile, wash the measured amount of rice and set it aside.

As for the internal organs, with Shisui his hand, Zi Sui created another bright red crystal in the Alternate Space.

After cleaning the seafood, it needs to be further sliced into even, thin slices.

"Tap tap tap..."

The knife struck the cutting board with rhythmic, soft sounds; Shisui's knife skills were excellent, and he even added decorative cuts to the seafood slices.

He laid the seafood on top of the rice, only to realize that something seemed to be missing.

"Tsk, no cured meat!"

At this critical juncture, where is he going to find cured meat to bring back?

"Ring ring... Ring ring..."

Just before Shisui was about to give up claypot rice and switch to seafood fried rice, someone rang the villa's doorbell again.

"Hello, is something wrong? What happened to your front door?"

Outside the gate are the security guards patrolling the residential area at night.

This community consists of small villas with their own gardens, spaced apart from each other. It's a high-end residential area, so naturally there are security guards patrolling.

The noise from Ziju Shisui the door wasn't actually that loud, but it triggered the alarm system installed in the apartment building.

The security department received the alarm and immediately contacted colleagues patrolling nearby to check.

As for why it wasn't reported to the city's defenses...

That's a joke; who knows, there might be some wealthy businessmen here.

These business people are unscrupulous; it's hard to say whether reporting them will lead to any investigations.

If something goes wrong because of this, and word gets out, no wealthy person will dare to buy houses here in the future.

At that moment, the security guard standing outside the door, not daring to look any further in, was thinking the same thing.

It's best to know as little as possible about the affairs of wealthy families.

Therefore, he missed his chance to escape.

"Call out!"

The sharp crystalline Ukaku pierced his skull in an instant.

The next moment, he collapsed into the Kagune that emerged from the darkness.

He was dragged into the dark doorway, leaving only specks of blood splattered outside.

Shisui picked up the newly acquired item and shook it, releasing a faint, salty aroma from its dried state.

If you sniff carefully, you can even smell a hint of wine.

Holy crap, it hit the mark on the first shot! It's cured meat!

I guess I'll have to eat seafood claypot rice now.

Shisui removed a piece of cured pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, compressing the excess into crystals.

The cured pork was chopped and mixed with chopped scallions before being placed in a clay pot.

Shisui used his Psychic Energy to completely envelop and heat the clay pot.

He didn't plan to stay there for long, and the other security guards were probably getting suspicious soon.

Thinking it best not to be too conspicuous before entering Shengtian Public School, Shisui directly cleaved through space and left the villa.

After he left, the space inside the villa distorted and then returned to normal, gradually shedding its previous state of chaos.

Moments later, when other security guards arrived at the scene, there was no trace left.

Only a few Feather Powder remained, still drifting in the moonlight.